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About Badgon Village

Badgon is a small village in Mandu tehsil, in the district of Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 113 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 318 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badgon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgon village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ramgarh
Tehsil Mandu
Pincode 829117
Area (hectares) 318 hectares
Population 224
Male Population 113
Female Population 111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 982
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Badgon compares

By the 2011 count Badgon is the 63rd largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,925 residents. Its 318 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Badgon

The census records public bus service for Badgon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badgon from other places

Badgon lies about 15 km from Ramgarh, and the nearest railway station is Jogeswar Bihar, about 2.4 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Badgon
Nearest railway station Jogeswar Bihar 2.4 km
Nearest town Kuju 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Mandu 15 km
District headquarters Ramgarh 15 km

Villages closest to Badgon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mandu tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Badgon

As per the Census of India 2011, Badgon village had a population of 224. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,925 residents.

Badgon village has 113 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgon has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Badgon is 829117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badgon covers 318 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badgon falls under Mandu tehsil of Ramgarh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Badgon is Jogeswar Bihar, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Badgon.

Badgon is about 15 km from Ramgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badgon is in Mandu tehsil of Ramgarh district. Jogeswar Bihar is about 2.4 km away. Kuju is about 9.7 km away. Mandu is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhuiyadih (under 2 km), Bargaon (1.6 km) and Sirka (2.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Badgon today is likely to be higher.

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